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Why edge cases matter in marketing strategy

Martech

Antennagate The iPhone 4 went on sale to much acclaim in June of 2010. When you’re dealing with numbers and averages, you’re likely to assume the 3% you’re losing is a representative sample of the whole. Dig deeper: If it’s not a sales funnel, what is it? They might be the result of a sampling error or misreporting.

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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

Turns out Hubspot’s own growth as a software company has been driven via cold calling through an inside sales team. An interview with one of Hubspot’s former sales chiefs actually made their call center sound like a pretty well-managed and productive organization. I’ve seen actual samples. But hold on. Ironic, isn’t it?

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 years , down by half from 2010.

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Building a social selling program: Think big

Seismic

When I first launched a social selling program in late 2010, I recruited volunteers to see if we could prove that social media was an effective tool for financial advisors. When we piloted LinkedIn Sales Navigator (then LinkedIn Sales Executive), I learned that, although starting small was the easiest option, there was a significant downside.

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The New Brand Investments

Ambal's Amusings

We asked Jon Miller "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Leads from inbound sources convert to revenue much better than leads from traditional sources " Jon Miller's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Jon Miller 's Marketing Action for 2010.

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. 3.37% average conversion to sale across all Internet traffic sources. What were the results?

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Marketing Automation System Trends: What We Found in the Raab Guide

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Social media and access for sales people were the two big trends among demand generation vendors last year. Even though this is limited to the vendors in the Guide, it's a pretty representative sample of the industry as a whole. Sales access. These features also tie into both social media and sales access modules.